DHOOM 2 – Movie Review!
Wanna know how DHOOM 2 was??? Don’t ask me… ask my Honda Unicorn which was driven like never before on my way home… ask the poor cops, who had a tough time trying to note my no. – 4get catching me!!! Ask my keyboard which is being banged right now coz of 100% pure adrenaline!!! Wanna know more??? Read on…
There was this pathetic rumor (which got to us too) that Hrithik was Johny part 2… But forget it people… this one was far superior than any rumor mongrel could’ve ever come up with!!! Sanjay Gadhvi knew the value of this ace up his sleeve and he dealt with it with STYLE!!!
The show timings were 10:00 AM and I only managed to reach there puffing n panting by 10:07 (took time to get ready people… what if I meet a hot chick there?!?!? Or if some gorgeous TV host catches me for an opinion???? )! But thanks to the Kabul Express trailer, I didn’t miss much 
the film starts with a spectacular robbery and the introduction of Hrithik Roshan aka ‘A’… lets not get boring guys… lets DHOOM MACHAALEEEE…
The USP of the movie – The stunts:-
Top notch is the word guys… the stunts pulled off were close to impossible! If you think you’ve seen the best para-trooping scene of Bollywood in DON, then wait till you check this flick out… though there are hardly any bikes, but the DHOOM 2 team never lets you even think about them for a second! HATS OFF to Allan Amin (the ‘imported’ stunts coordinator)
The direction:-
Lets officially rename Sanjay Gadhvi as the DHOOM man guys… his DHOOMing might not stop here you know 
He’s grown up from bikes and gone to a much higher level… he knows how to treat which character and for how long to retain a frame… Don’t know whether he sat at the editing table too, but Rameshwar Bhagat (the official editor) can sure keep his eyes on all the technical awards this year!!!
The Art direction by Pramod Guruji and Vinod Guruji cannot be left unmentioned guys… the amazing sets that you see in the flick are all because of them!
The screenplay & dialogues:-
The list of awards doesn’t end here people… Vijay Krishna Acharya (responsible for the outstanding screenplay and hair raising dialogues) can also clean up the shelves of his living room… the award season is just round the corner….. The lingo n dialogues given to Uday Chopra were just tttooooo good!!!
Make-Up and effects:-
Whew guys I’m ALL praises for the make-up guys Mike Bates & Mike Stringer… I had never imagined Hrithik could look so uniquely diverse… the make-overs he’s been given have OSCAR perfection (what do you think… the film has angrez make up wallahs after all 
)!!! Needless to say, the special effects are at par with Hollywood… be it Abishekh Bachchan’s water-scooter entry, Hrithik’s diamond robbery or the intense bike chase in the end…
Cinematography:-
The two names mentioned under this bracket are Nirav Shah & Vikas Sivaraman… ad both of them can actually be called the Jodi no.1 with the camera after seeing their work here… this movie is undoubtedly one of the most difficult ones to capture on camera, but they make it seem so effortless man! Be it Hrithik’s grooves and moves which flash like lightning or the intense and slow scene between him and Aishwarya Rai… they make it seem as if no one could do it better than them!!!
The Music:-
Not worth much of a mention… the only aspect (but a very important one!) of the movie which falls below the expectations… Pritam Chakraborty, Salim n Sulaman Merchant couldn’t get even close to the DHOOM track, which still rings in my ears when the needle of my speedometer touches its limit!!! If not for Hrithik’s scintillating dances and some great locales, the songs would’ve fallen flat! Though the background music is great (huge chunks taken from the previous album!) the songs just don’t take the story forward…
The ACTORS and their PERFORMANCES:-
Well, this is what you n I have been waiting for… so let me put it in my favorite style…
• Hrithik Roshan surely knows how to get into the skin of his character… be it the innocent Rohit in ‘Koi Mil Gaya’ or the shades of grey guy – ARYAN in this epic! Suzanne has given him great smooching lessons too
• Abhishekh Bachchan looks macho, mean and SEXY to the hilt! He actually looks like the bad guy at times. But he knows his character well… never think of taking that beard off buddy… girls jus LOVE you this way (WHAT? I was talking about those seated around me!!!)
• Uday Chopra is the only comic relief (in his words – a JOKER) in this otherwise intense and high on adrenaline saga… and he does it well… the chemistry between him n Aby baby can actually reach the heights of Munna n Circuit soon (Aby shouts at him with such perfect timing you know)
• Bipasha Basu has proved it to the world that she can look, act and do everything (including smooching) better than Aishwarya Rai… she can actually ACT while looking glamorous… double roles too! And it’s not just that Bikini she looks hot in!
• Aishwarya Rai.……….. well, she looks good alright… and her curves and fair skin makes you gasp just the way Hrithik does when he first sees her… but thats about it! Maybe she should try silicon implants (and some smooching classes)…
The production:-
This is JUST what I had left out for the end… KUDOS to Aditya Chopra for taking such a huge, but well calculated risk… the 90 crores put into this film show in every frame… though the story telling wasn’t even close to being perfect, but he did manage to make up for it with his touch………..
Sadly, I neither found a hot chick, nor did a gorgeous TV host catch me for my opinion… but u people sure did… do let me know how it was……….
Till then — DHOOM MACHAAALEEEEEE……………..
guys you can now listen to sowmya and me voicing our opinions on DHOOM 2 in our first ever PODCAST at http://bollywood.celebden.com/?p=650 … so do check it out n directly tell me how you found it by leaving audio comments as well as the usual text ones
90 crores + 900 prints worldwide = DHOOM 2 ki DHOOM….
Guys… I can swear that my heart beats a lil louder and the heart-beat rate just gets faster the moment the word DHOOM 2 is mentioned… I can’t believe we’ve entered the week of the movie’s release already… it’s gonna be 90 crores and a whole lotta toil n efforts at stake… will DHOOM 2 rock the country as much as its prequel, if not more???
The advance booking for the flick starts in a few hours and I’m taking no chances… I don’t mind sleepin while waiting in that endless queue outside the multiplex… but this time I’m not watchin the movie in the first row of the I Max (I don’t trust you BOSS)!!!
You guys still reading my blog??? Get going people… be a part of the history this bike flick is gonna create………………
DHOOM MACHAALEEEEEEE………..
‘Ram Gopal Varma Ke Sholay’ + Abhishekh Bachchan – Shreyas Talpade = ???
Looks like Ram Gopal Varma has learnt to live and sustain himself in Bollywood against all odds now! His ‘Ram Gopal Varma Ke Sholay’ is being criticized by one and all after his declaration of Nisha Kothari as Ghungroo aka Basanti…
With the Sippy camp trying every rule of the book to suppress the film, Ramuji seems to steer clear of every iceberg huh! Hope his ship meets the shore… coz indeed it would be fascinating to watch the greatest commercial success from the eye of the uncrowned king of directors!!!
The latest addition to the camp is Abhishekh Bachchan, who’ll join daddy – the several times crowned king of actors – and Urmila Matondkar for the new age ‘Mehbooba-O-mehbooba’ number… but surprisingly, Shreyas Talpade (the behrupiya in DOR) has refused to play a cameo in it… remember the small, but important character Sachin played???
He says that doing such small cameos isn’t suitable for his career at this stage… well buddy… Sachin had two major hits to his credit as solo hero when he jumped for that role in the original… moreover, learn some thing from Abhishekh Bachchan. He got successful only through cameos… didn’t you baby AB???
RGV confuses you totally in his ‘Ram Gopal Varma Ke SHOLAY’
Bhai log… bole to apne bheje ki waat lag raheli hai! Saala samajh mein nahin aa rahela hai ki yeh HO kya rahaa hai… Radha ko Devi banaa daala… Basanti ko Ghungroo banaa daala… aur Ramgarh ko Mumbai banaa daala!!!!!
Can’t make head or tail out of what you just read??? Well guys, it was just the perpetually inquisitive and confused me… and this time, it’s Ram Gopal Varma to blame for this state of mine… His version of Sholay is so damn Hat ke yaar!
He makes it clear to one and all that “If Allah, Jesus Christ and Vaishno Devi come together to plead against my doing Sholay, I’d still be making it.”
You surely don’t need a more boisterous comment than that, do you??? And to top it all, he’s chosen his favorite Nisha Kothari to play Basanti’s character… but to avoid the unavoidable comparison between her and Hema Malini, he’s renamed the character as Ghungroo!!! She’s the only female auto rickshaw driver of Mumbai in the city and her vehicle is definitely an art director’s nightmare…
Knowing Ramu’s knack of extracting work (read forcing it out ) and eye for uniqueness, we better gear up for some amazing action sequences, while his production unit pull up their socks for some ass kicking shooting schedules
DON ki sabse badi galti yahi hai – ki woh DON ka remake hai!!!
Oki people… thanks for flooding us with your comments for my reviews on DON… you need to see them to believe them… and the vast differences in them was the most amazing factor…. there were people who said that SRK was brilliant in the movie and did full justice to the character… and on the other side, this girl actually wanted to be paid for bearing with the SFX bonanza!!!
)… both the films (the original and the remake) had their own pros and cons… I mean, there were hundreds of technical errors in the 1978 version of the story which were accepted without a blink of an eye lid that time because of the limitations of that age … but the acting talent and screenplay were mind blowing, making the film accepted with open hearts and arms by the audiences!
Whereas in today’s time, we have a galore of technologies and ways to create a painting on celluloid… the cinematography and costumes were par excellence in the newer version… leaving hardly any place for an error or complaint… but it would take a miracle to recreate the charisma of Amitabh Bachchan as Don or the larger than life screenplay by Salim-Javed (except the lifted dialogues )…
So in short… watch both of them and enjoy them for their own fortes!!!! Kya bolte bhai log?????????
Don ko phir se banana mushkil hi nahi namumkin hai!!!
Farhan Akhtar must have taken a leaf out Sanjay Leela Bhansali to script this film. Why? Well Bimal Roy’s Devdas was too simple and he made the audience connect to Devdas easily. And to avoid this Sanjay choose a GRAND setting, larger than life background to make his movie.
Same is the case with DON (2006).
Screenplay and Direction: Farhan Akhtar Chandra Barot’s Don was stylish, and screenplay driven. But when you are making a remake (and that too of a film like DON) you can hardly break free out of it, no matter how much you change the finer elements. So Farhan Akhtar uses SFX, John Wooish (Mission Impossible) and Warchoskish (The Matrix) style of chases and fights.
And that’s why I think Farhan Akhtar Rocks. Yep the film is too long, but you will only feel it when the not so good songs are playing.
Cinematography: Mohanan Excellent. Just Excellent. In Dil Chahta Hai, it was Ravi K Chandran and here is a new find Mohanan. Why don’t others find good technicians yaar? The skyjumping scenes, the lighting when Don re-enters, they work wonders for you, and go nicely with the screenplay.
Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy: Disappointing. Yep. Probably the trio have been dwelling too much with Karan Johar, they end up disappointing. Or may be the hype and the pressure of Don got to them. Except the tunes from the old one, the others fail to impress.
Dialogue: Farhan Akhtar & Salim Khan: I don’t know if he is the same guy from the famous Javed & Salim team, but for me the dialogues could have been punchier. Or this is the comparison in me talking. Except when you are taken completely by surprise by the story, the dialogue is just sufficient.
Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Esha Koppikar, Kareena Kapoor, Boman Irani, Om Puri, Chunkey Pandey, Arjun Rampal. Well after seeing the cast, you know who does what and how.
Shahrukh excels as Don, but much better you don’t compare him to Amitabh Bachan (You know who hams and who doesn’t). About the Pepsi girls, lets not talk. Esha Koppikar actually does good. After all she has been in the “company” of “Factory” guys.
Om Puri does best with whatever screen time he has and Boman Irani… Oh my God. He is too good. Forget Munnabhai(s) he will have more films in his bag now.
Don is not “Oh!Great Film”. But it is a very good action film, as long as you won’t compare it to the original one. And if you want to make comparisons, well you can and you will;but, you won’t realize you are in for a surprise.
Is Lage Raho Munna Bhai = Rang De Basanti ++ ???
Bhai log… bole to ‘Lage Raho Munna Bhai’ All India mein international hit ho geli hai… aur
akkhi picture 4 baar dekhne ke baad apun ka bheja satka… bole to, thoda time pehle jo all India hit ‘Rang De Basanti’ thi, usme aur isme kya connection hai baap!
Just think about it guys… I feel LRMB was just a step ahead of RDB because RDB spread the message to take inspiration from history and lead a rightful life…. but LRMB literally brought itihaas into the present and spread the message in a larger way…
I feel it didn’t just propagate the message of ahinsa but rather a blend of the two extremes of violence and non-violence… don’t believe me? Then just recollect the scene in which Munna hangs Atmaram’s son upside down from the 12 storied building (what a vinamra scene man ) and the final sankat scene too!!!
Whatever he did, Munna bhai rocked… and changed our lives indeed!!!!!!!!
Munna Bhai on msn now…
Bole to… Munna Bhai phir se aala reeeeeeee……. arrey bhai log, chill maarne ka yaar! Raju Hirani isn’t ready with the third part of this trilogy yet, but msn is!!! Msn has launched a host of chat bots internationally and they intelligently pick key words from a
normal chat and prepare search results for them!
Though all the bots haven’t been launched in India, one of them has… and guess what??? The chat bot is on none other than apna MUNNA BHAI!!! after the success of ‘Lage Raho Munna Bhai’ and the chat bot relating to it, where you can answer simple riddles on the dude and win cool goodies, msn plans to launch a whole range of chat bots within 3-6 months in India too
Bole to… the Gandhigiri dude has impressed the globe huh……..
ShahRukh Khan wants masala to continue in Bollywood…
Even after 4 weeks of their films release and it attaining stupendous amount of success internationally, the press conference of Karan Johar, ShahRukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan was not very well attended prior to the screening of ‘Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna’ in the 31st Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)!
The few Indian journos, who attended their 9:30 A.M. conference, put up their questions and I must say that SRK and KJ fielded them well… The three of them unanimously put pressure on screening Bollywood films in international film festivals consistently… another wonderful statement that ShahRukh made was that Indian films should not let go of it’s masala image and song n dance routines…
So Mr. Khan, you’ve got your basics aright huh
How did Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Fare at the box office…
Hey guys… well my blog starts with a BIG THANXXX to all you people for your comments and feedback on my ‘Lage Raho Munna Bhai’ review and bole to here’s a ‘jaadu ki jhappi’ from my side to every one Maya had asked us to provide her with the statistics of ‘Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna’ and co incidentally, its one thing that’s been raking my interest from quite a few days now…
Though the film’s success in India is negligible (c’mon now, it wasn’t made for local audiences any way), it did have a phenomenal opening overseas, where there are more ShahRukh Khan fans than India
Its opening figures grossed up to $1,351,786 – now it’s over $1.3 Million for those who are poor at numbers 
though this Karan Johar venture took a beating at home, it’s surely flourishing overseas. With a total collection of over $3 Million (it was $2,872,098 last week) till date, it is branded as an international blockbuster hit without a shadow of a doubt
Bole to… Lage Raho Munna Bhai review!
“1st September will change your life” was what the slogan above Sanjay Dutt read in every advertisement of “Lage Raho Munna Bhai” and finally the day arrived! I was standing outside the gate of the multiplex with my manager beside me. He had the tickets to the first day, first show of the sequel to one of the most successful films of 2003.
The dude very coolly said that he wanted a 150 word review on the film by 6 PM. The gates finally opened and we were led into a rock and roll journey to the unbelievable world of MunnaBhai….
All through the laugh riot, I could think of only two things –
• How in the world can director be so clear with his concept, characterization, performance, editing, technical expertise, storyline and practically everything connected to his SECOND FILM!!!
• How in the world will I be able to sum it up in 150 words
Sorry boss, but with this film – it’s impossible to even begin talking about the limitless flick, being in limits! Don’t believe me??? Then try counting the words till now
So what do you expect from the sequel??? Wanted to find out what happened to Gracy Singh? Were wondering as to how this one will be connected to the medical college episode (read adventure)? Were dying to know what happened to circuit and his family (the short circuit bit was hilarious last time? Did Abhishekh Bachchan make a guest appearance??? Well, Raju Hirani has answered all the questions with élan….
The movie starts off on a fresh canvas… with the unbelievably cute duo of Munna Bhai and Circuit getting deeper into the skin of the characters (which was claimed by the cast of Phir Hera Pheri in their half baked sequel, but could never live up to it). Though they never speak of the past events or happenings, things can be so easily related! All those who’ve seen ‘Munna Bhai MBBS’ recently, will surely relate almost every scene of this flick to it…
Though this venture has been given a slightly polished look, thanks to the graceful presence of the ever so beautiful Vidya Balan, the rough and raunchy form of comedy reigns supreme all through. For once, the advertisements of Indian Oil, Go Air and World Space radio are done in such a way that you don’t find them unnecessary, but impossible to do without!
Well, the story is what everybody is talking about, so it’s not what we’re going to get into! Let’s talk about Gandhi. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who is an integral part of the story… Did he actually appear? Like several movies, serials and plays, was Mahatma Gandhi’s character his soul, his voice, his vision or just some chemical locha in Munna’s head, compelling him to promote Gandhigiri??? The answers to all these questions are answered in the under 140 minute visual tale that indeed changed my life. Hope it changes yours as well….
All that comes to mind after watching a film full of joy, fun, frolic, happiness, love, heart wrenching emotions and thought provoking dialogues is one question – can we have another one please???????
Come on Raju; give us Bollywood’s first successful trilogy….
A MUST WATCH!!!
P.S: I crossed thrice the word limit boss, but bole to … sorry mamu
Director Vivek Vaswani all set to bowl the audiences out!!!
“Reshma Ki Jawani”, “Saali Aadhi Gharwali”, “Bhookh”… all these titles are 100% of those B and C grade movies which cater to the stalls! And doesn’t “Dulha Mila Gaya” sound 
much in line to such raunchy titles??? It might’ve ended up in the lap of a director of a mediocre project hadn’t it been for Vivek Vaswani who chose it for his next project! And this one is not just any other film but indeed a magnum opus. Its star cast speaks for itself…
The director has managed to rope in none other than the walking talking cricket legend Brian Lara! Wonder if he’s the ‘dulha’, who’s found… Though he is unlikely to speak in Hindi, but is surely expected to be one helluva attraction for the audience… A lil birdie also reveals that master blaster Sachin Tendulkar and Sushmita Sen are also roped in for the movie… Mr. Vaswani is all set to bowl the audiences huh!
